Children key off their parentsโ reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself.
Po BronsonThe virtue of losing is we get used to the fact that competing and to lose doesn't kill you. It just makes you stronger. It just helps you get used to it.
Po BronsonThere is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.
Po BronsonMake sure your characters are worth spending ten hours with. Thatโs how long it takes to read a book. Reading a book is like being trapped in a room for ten hours with those characters. Think of your main characters as dinner guests. Would your friends want to spend ten hours with the characters youโve created? Your characters can be loveable, or they can be evil, but theyโd better be compelling. If not, your reader will be bored and leave.
Po BronsonA surgeon might want to be the best surgeon in Manhattan, but out on Long Island on the weekend, not care at all how he is on the tennis courts or on the Ping-Pong table. Even turning your competitiveness off when it's appropriate, when other people are not being competitive, to recognize that social circumstance and, you know, cool it. That's a crucial competitive skill.
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